2013 CAROLINA FOOTBALL UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA • GOHEELS.COM • @TARHEELFOOTBALL Game 5: at Virginia Tech • Oct. 5, 2013 • Blacksburg, Va. • 12:30 p.m. Carolina Hits The Road Looking For Redemption • In last year’s game in Chapel Hill, Carolina rolled Quick Hits Carolina travels to Blacksburg to face ACC Coastal up 533 total yards of offense, including 339 on the • WR Quinshad Davis had his best game of the Division foe Virginia Tech on Saturday, Oct. 5. The ground, in a 48-34 win. Tailback Giovani Bernard 2013 season with five catches for 111 yards and a game will kick off at 12:30 p.m. and will be televised rushed for a career-high 262 yards and scored on a touchdown against ECU. He leads the team with by the ACC Network. 62-yard run. Virginia Tech was held to just 40 yards three receiving touchdowns. The Tar Heels are looking for answers after suffer- rushing. The Hokies actually scored first, but Caro- • Davis also threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to ring a 55-31 loss to in-state rival East Carolina last lina’s Sean Tapley returned the next kickoff 94 yards T.J. Thorpe against the Pirates. weekend. Carolina gave up 603 yards on defense for a touchdown. • Virginia native Bryn Renner is scheduled to make and trailed throughout the game. Quarterback Bryn • The last time the two teams met in Blacksburg, his 30th career start Saturday at Virginia Tech. He Renner was a bright spot, throwing for a career-high No. 9 Virginia Tech held on for a 24-21 victory in will become of three Tar Heels with 30 or more 366 passing yards and three touchdowns. He moved a nationally-televised ESPN Thursday night game. starts. OT James Hurst leads the way with 40 into 24th place in ACC history with 7,573 career Renner threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, career starts, followed by Kareem Martin (32) and passing yards and is now just seven touchdowns shy the last coming with 2:32 to play. Carolina recovered Tre Boston (31). of the school record of 68. Renner leads the ACC the ensuing onside kick, but the ball did not travel • Renner leads the ACC and ranks 24th in the with 279.2 yards passing per game. the required 10 yards and Virginia Tech took over. country, averaging 279.3 yards passing per game. Saturday’s game is the first of six consecutive • Three of the last five meetings have been -de • Renner has seven touchdown passes this year conference contests for the Tar Heels who are 1-3 cided by a field goal. Four of the last six have been and is in second place on the all-time UNC career overall and 0-1 in the ACC. decided by a touchdown or less. chart with 61. Darian Durant is the career leader Virginia Tech shut down Georgia Tech’s high-pow- • Carolina and Virginia Tech met at least twice with 68. ered running game last Thursday evening in a 17-10 in every decade from the 1890s to the 1940s. The • WR Sean Tapley has quietly emerged as one of victory in Atlanta. The Hokies are 4-1 overall, 1-0 in teams met 25 times from 1890-1946 and 14 of those the league’s top kickoff return men. He ranks first conference play. times at least one team did not score. in the ACC with a 25.4-yard kickoff return average. • Tar Heel great and College Football Hall of Fame Against Georgia Tech, he had returns of 42, 19, Series Notes vs. Virginia Tech member Charlie “Choo-Choo” Justice made his col- 38 and 16 yards. Tapley did not play last week • This is Carolina and Virginia Tech’s 36th overall legiate debut against Virginia Tech in a 14-14 tie on against ECU. meeting, but just the sixth in Blacksburg. Virginia September 28, 1946, in Kenan Stadium. • Former walk-on linebacker Jeff Schoettmer has Tech leads the overall series, 18-10-6. Five of the six • Only seven of the first 25 meetings between started every game this season and leads the team ties were scoreless. The last tie was a 14-14 score in North Carolina and Virginia Tech were played on with 31 tackles, including a career-high 10 stops 1946. Carolina’s 20-17 win in 2009 in Blacksburg was one of the two campuses. Six of those seven games against Georgia Tech. vacated due to NCAA penalty. were in Chapel Hill. The other 18 were played at • Junior bandit Norkeithus Otis entered 2013 with neutral sites, including Charlotte, N.C., Danville, Va., just seven career tackles. Through four games, he • UNC in Blacksburg Winston-Salem, N.C., Roanoke, Va., Richmond, Va., has 20 tackles, and leads the team in tackles for 1930 Carolina 39, Virginia Tech 21 Raleigh, N.C., and Norfolk, Va. loss (4.5) and sacks (3.0). 2005 Virginia Tech 30, Carolina 3 • Tight end Eric Ebron leads the team with 17 2007 Virginia Tech 17, Carolina 10 receptions. Against Georgia Tech, he posted a 2009 Carolina 20, Virginia Tech 17 career-high 106 yards receiving on six catches. 2011 Virginia Tech 24, Carolina 21 2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME, TV SPECIAL EVENT NOTE Thurs. Aug. 29 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. L, 27-10, 6 p.m., ESPN Tar Heels fall in first meeting in Columbia since 1990 Sat. Sept. 7 Middle Tennessee Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 40-20, 12:30 p.m., ACC Net Football Lettermen/Monogram Day Offense posts 511 total yards of offense in win Sat. Sept. 21 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. L, 28-20, Noon, ESPN GT scored 21 unanswered points in comback victory Sat. Sept. 28 East Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 55-31, ACC Net Military Appreciation/Family Weekend Carolina gives up 603 yards on defense Sat. Oct. 5 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 12:30 p.m., ACC Net UNC rushed for 339 yards in win last season Thurs. Oct. 17 Miami Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:45 p.m., ESPN Rams Club Day/Zero Dark Thursday Tar Heels to wear all black uniforms vs. Hurricanes Sat. Oct. 26 Boston College Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA NCHSAA Day/1963 Gator Bowl Reunion First meeting with BC in Chapel Hill since 2008 Sat. Nov. 2 NC State Raleigh, N.C. TBA Carolina leads the all-time series, 64-32-6 Sat. Nov. 9 Virginia Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA Homecoming Current 3-game win streak vs. UVA longest since 1980s Sat. Nov. 16 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA Last meeting at Pitt was in Three Rivers Stadium in 2000 Sat. Nov. 23 Old Dominion Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA First meeting between the two schools Sat. Nov. 30 Duke Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA UNC has lost to Duke in Chapel Hill just once since 1989 GOHEELS.COM • 1 2013 CAROLINA FOOTBALL UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA • GOHEELS.COM • @TARHEELFOOTBALL NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS North Carolina-Virginia Tech Connections Broadcast Information • Six scholarship Tar Heels are from Virginia, includ- Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC Network: Steve Martin, play-by-play; Dave Enrollment: 18,503 (undergraduate) ing junior offensive tackle Nick Appel (Vienna), junior Archer, analyst; Rachel Baribeau, sideline Founded: 1789 center Russell Bodine (Scottsville), junior linebacker Nickname: Tar Heels Travis Hughes (Virginia Beach), senior quarterback Bryn School Colors: Carolina Blue & White Tar Heel Sports Network: Jones Angell, play-by- Stadium (capacity): Kenan Stadium (63,000) Renner (West Springfield), junior cornerback Tim Scott play; Rick Steinbacher, analyst (road games); Ethan Surface: Natural Grass (Fredericksburg) and sophomore offensive guard Land- Albright, analyst (home games); Lee Pace (sideline) Conference: Atlantic Coast on Turner (Harrisonburg). Five of the six are starters. Chancellor: Carol Folt Athletic Director: Bubba Cunningham • QB Bryn Renner’s father, Bill, was a punter at Website: A live radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Virginia Tech (1979-82) before playing in the NFL with Sports Network is available on UNC’s official ath- COACHING INFORMATION the Green Bay Packers. Bill Renner led the Hokies in letic website, GoHeels.com. Head Coach: Larry Fedora punting average in 1981 and 1982. Fedora’s Overall Record: 43-26, sixth year • Corey Holliday, Carolina’s Assistant Athletic Director Online Information: GoHeels.com (North Caro- Fedora’s Record at UNC: 1-3, second year for Football Administration and a former Tar Heel stand- Fedora’s Office Phone: (919) 962-9141 lina); HokieSports.com (Virginia Tech) out, is a native of Richmond, Va. Holliday ranks second Offensive Coord./QBs: Blake Anderson Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator: Walt Bell at Carolina in career receiving yardage. Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coord.: Gunter Brewer • Many of Carolina’s greatest football players have FEWEST NUMBER OF SENIORS IN 2013 Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks: Dan Disch hailed from the state of Virginia. A short list includes (includes walk-ons) Defensive Line: Keith Gilmore NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor (Williams- 1. South Carolina......................................................... 5 Head S&C Coach: Lou Hernandez 2. UCF .......................................................................... 7 Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator: Randy Jordan burg), two-time ACC Player of the Year Mike Voight 3. Virginia .................................................................... 8 Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator:Chris Kapilovic (Chesapeake), two-time All-America William Fuller 4. Indiana .................................................................. 10 Associate Head Coach for Defense/Safeties:Vic Koenning (Chesapeake), bruising halfback Ken Willard (Rich- 5. North Carolina ................................................... 11 Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Ron West UTSA ...................................................................... 11 Graduate Assistant: Tommy Richardson mond), All-America offensive guard Ron Rusnak (Prince 7. Wyoming ............................................................... 12 Graduate Assistant: Luke Paschall George), record-setting wide receiver Corey Holliday California ..............................................................